Leadership On The Run
Business & Economics Podcasts
The podcast series “Leadership on the run” offers you on demand solutions to your workplace management & leadership challenges. You will hear frameworks, steps and instructions on how to: Resolve conflict, manage poor performance, influence others, communicate better, set SMART goals, conduct effective meetings, manage & organise your time, build resilience, manage stress, stop team/office gossip, introduce & implement change, negotiate, coach others, conduct difficult conversations, lead a team, engage people, stakeholders and communities, read a P&L sheet and set budgets. One topic per podcast. LN Consulting Australia Pty Ltd Directors Jeanine Browne (M. Bus M. Teach) and Paul Saunders (Psychologist, M. Science) are the people behind the microphones…with an occasional guest. Their aim is to have everyone ‘living their leadership potential’.
Location:
United States
Description:
The podcast series “Leadership on the run” offers you on demand solutions to your workplace management & leadership challenges. You will hear frameworks, steps and instructions on how to: Resolve conflict, manage poor performance, influence others, communicate better, set SMART goals, conduct effective meetings, manage & organise your time, build resilience, manage stress, stop team/office gossip, introduce & implement change, negotiate, coach others, conduct difficult conversations, lead a team, engage people, stakeholders and communities, read a P&L sheet and set budgets. One topic per podcast. LN Consulting Australia Pty Ltd Directors Jeanine Browne (M. Bus M. Teach) and Paul Saunders (Psychologist, M. Science) are the people behind the microphones…with an occasional guest. Their aim is to have everyone ‘living their leadership potential’.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.lnc.com.au/podcasts
Episodes
Boundary management in the hybrid workplace
11/14/2021
If you are like me, one simple way to separate work and home is to get dressed, walk out the front door and work from somewhere else – in an office, a coffee shop, library, a park - anywhere really, as long as it isn’t at home. This is my way of setting boundaries.
Studies by Ashforth, et al (2000) and the University of Zurich (Wepfer et al, 2018) have illustrated the importance of boundary management and wellbeing recovery strategies to achieve better general wellbeing and productivity in...
Duration:00:19:49
Virtual presentations
11/10/2021
This episode provides tips for presenting virtually. It is presented in three segments:
Unlike face to face presentations where you have direct feedback from audience reaction, a large visual area to move in and inclusion in the energy within the room, virtual presentations require heightened use of tone & sound, minimal visual body cues and increased use of targeted images...and a dose of technology knowhow.
Organising:
Choose roles - Roles – speaker, producer, moderator,...
Duration:00:21:25
Leading in a hybrid work environment
10/20/2021
Leading in a hybrid work environment
Over the course of the past 18 months organisational leaders have been implementing changes to the way we work.
Firstly, they adapted to the working from home situation by providing employees with access to equipment, data, files, security, images, information, and documents. They also created systems guidelines and protocols for communications and IT security.
Secondly, leaders were active in providing well-being activities to maintain employee...
Duration:00:16:03
Networking
12/7/2020
Despite figures suggesting CEO’s who have diverse networks create higher firm value up to $81 million for a medium sized firm on the stock exchange (Harvard Business Review, April 2018), a study of MBA students (2007) at a specially organise networking event found that 95% of attendees wanted to meet new contacts, yet they spent 50% of their time with people they already knew.
This holds true for young leaders ‘Leadership on the Run’ have personally spoken to about their experiences in...
Duration:00:22:38
Sources of workplace conflict
11/3/2020
The Circle of Conflict was originally theorized to support mediations. This makes it a flexible tool to utilize in conflict resolution. The circle, divided into five components, illustrates the potential sources of conflict in negotiations. Understanding the impact of imbalances within the circle forces all parties to first identify and diagnose the source(s) of conflict, and then parley for resolution. Listed below are the characteristics of each component within Moore’s circle of...
Duration:00:17:36
Leading Organisational Change
10/6/2020
In this episode, Jeanine and Paul unravel the model, tasks and competencies change leaders require to lead an organisational change. Research from: Anderson & Ackerman Anderson (2009) is featured along with the well known models and frameworks from: Bridges, Kotter, Lewis, Lewin & Demming.
There are three types of change occurring in organizations, each requiring different change strategies.
Developmental change requires an improvement of the status quo. E.g. get better at customer service...
Duration:00:18:16
Making personal changes
9/4/2020
According to medical and mental health experts, people really do have the ability to change.
Three types of changes:
A popular framework used by psychologists to explain how humans experience change is the Kubler-Ross 5 stages of grief.
E.g. Facebook announces they are going to make location marking on images mandatory...we could experience the following:
Stage 1: Denial. “They won’t do that, it’s fake news.”
Stage 2: Anger. “How dare they, that’s an invasion of privacy.”
Stage 3:...
Duration:00:17:29
STOP worrying about work
7/31/2020
STOP worrying -
Today just for fun, we are running along St Kilda Rd in Melbourne, Australia.
In this episode Jeanine Browne Director LN Consulting Australia and Paul Saunders, Senior Psychologist provide answers for that universal question….how do I stop worrying about work?
Listen as they explain the neurological mechanisms involved in worrying and how to change the worry pathways in your brain so you can become worry free.
They draw inspiration from articles by Psychologists...
Duration:00:17:49
Influencing
4/20/2020
Leaders have a need to influence people at work when they:
Paul and Jeanine discuss the work of Terry Bacon, (Elements of Influence, 2011) and how his three categories of influencing people: rational, social and emotional can be most effectively used in the workplace.
Within his ‘rational’ category, Bacon includes the sub categories of legitimating, stating and explaining. (Yukl and Tracey, Consequences of Influence Tactics Used with Subordinates, Peers, and the Boss. Journal of Applied...
Duration:00:18:49
Positive leadership in a crisis
3/16/2020
The crisis management framework and practical leadership steps we discuss in this episode, ‘positive leadership in a crisis,’ are our own. They have been developed from business experience, team leadership and several evidence-based models of: crisis management, organisational psychology and positive psychology research.
The crisis management framework has two planning topics and 3 management areas:
Two planning topics
To provide positive leadership in a crisis there are two main topics...
Duration:00:18:13
DiSC...why can't they understand me?
2/12/2020
In January 2020 Sam Parker “Inspire your people,” encouraged leaders to take a weekend challenge to ‘listen more and speak less’. The rules were:
On completing the exercise people reported they discovered more than you have before e.g. what was important to others, what type of words people used most and the variety of ways people used to influence others or make their point of view known.
Inspired by that listening exercise and a 'leadership on the run' podcast listeners request, episode...
Duration:00:17:24
"Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda. Bouncing back from a workplace set back
1/29/2020
"Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda. The greatest teacher, failure is." Yoda. "Named must be your fear before banish it you can." Yoda.
In this episode Jeanine and Paul unpack a framework for getting back in the saddle - bouncing back - after a setback in the workplace. Here are the 6 steps:
1. Acknowledge how you feel.
2. Focus on finding a solution
3. Consciously be positive (thoughts and self talk).
4. Use your support network
5. Be open/flexible - i.e.wedded to one solution.
6....
Duration:00:17:11
Leading and managing remote & flexible teams
11/26/2019
"I'd like to be able to lead my remote and flexible team members without them accusing me of checking up on them or not trusting them."
Today Paul and Jeanine discuss how to keep remote and flexible team members connected, involved and motivated.
Organisational Psychologists (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2008) published the Self determination theory as a model for individual motivation. Their model has been shared on LinkedIn, 2019, by Ask the Team, NZ , to create a model they refer to as...
Duration:00:17:07
Coaching others
10/31/2019
Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science". Another quote of his is: All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
The GROW model by John Whitemore is a simple framework for guiding coaching conversations and facilitating your coachee to discover their own truth. GROW assumes you will facilitate the coachee thinking (as...
Duration:00:15:20
Bring back the good times - creating happy workplaces
8/22/2019
All roads lead to Rome...well Byron Bay, Australia as we bring back the good times to create happy workplaces. In this episode of leadership on the run, Jeanine and Paul are relaxing beach-side, surrounded by nature discussing sure fire ways to increase well being and happiness in your places of work. Research over the past five years indicates that social engagement is the key to leaders improving workplace happiness.
Duration:00:14:26
Building teams
8/22/2019
The forming–storming–norming–performing model of group development was first proposed by Bruce Tuckman in 1965, who said that these phases are all necessary and inevitable in order for the team to grow, face up to challenges, tackle problems, find solutions, plan work, and deliver results.
It is an effective guide for leaders wishing to develop a team, improve team performance or understand their role in team achievements. By providing experiences that allow the team members to move through...
Duration:00:16:27
Managing your time
8/22/2019
When are you most ‘full of beans’- in the morning, afternoon or evening? By diarising your day by segments that reflect your level of energy throughout the day you can schedule and do your most important work when your energy is at its highest. In this context, important relates to achievement of your goals. But how do you know which of your goals is most important?
The Urgent v Important Matrix
This a simple, practical and effective tool for prioritizing your to-do list based on the level...
Duration:00:14:29
Redirecting Office Gossip
7/26/2019
People who gossip are often engaging, gifted story tellers but in their wake lies a sea of resentment, turmoil and drama.
Rising above the drama and setting a positive example for others is easy when you follow the 5 step E.D.I.T. and walk approach to rising above office gossip. Discover how each step allows you to remain detached from the drama, reset a positive tone and manage the narrative even when the gossip is about you.
Duration:00:17:33
Conducting Effective Meetings
7/26/2019
If ‘meetings are a waste of time’ is part of your company vernacular then it is time to take action and find a better, more effective way to conduct meetings. If you are not making decisions in your meetings then you are wasting time bringing people together – a simple email conveying the information could have been more efficient for those involved. Here are some essential steps you can take to set yourself up to run an effective meeting: Send an agenda, vet attendees, start on time, make a...
Duration:00:15:22
Getting Your Ideas Accepted - writing a business case
7/26/2019
Just because you have an idea or solution doesn’t mean it is right for the business or the timing is great. You need to write a business case when resources or expenditure have to be justified. Approval is usually sought from the project sponsor and other interested parties. For instance, the finance function may authorise funds and the IT department provide resources.
Writing a business case with solutions that are accepted requires you to clarify your own position on the solution/s, guide...
Duration:00:15:54